The paradox gene arrived in the USA in a shipment of Tanzanian Flame Race Sandboas. Dave and Tracy Barker owned the first specimen. It was believed to also be a flame Race.

It's a completely different mutation and not compatible with the other Albino Kenyans developed by Mark Bell and others.

The Paradox albino gene is obviously unique and called such to the unusual way the albino mutation also exhibits weird black blotches. The genetic mechanism causing these melanin spots on otherwise albino animals is not understood.

While the original founder animal was a Tanzanian flame, the paradox mutation has now been bred into other KSB lines from unknown origin.

The black blotches don't happen accidentally. They are connected to the albino gene and the two go hand and hand and are a simple recessive trait, just like most forms of amelanism.

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